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Touch base
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Touch base
means to briefly contact or check in with someone — usually to get an update or confirm that you understand each other.
Examples:
1- Before announcing important changes to her team, she told her assistant: “Let’s touch base later today — I’d like to prepare the message carefully.
2- He didn’t plan a long visit. He just stopped by his neighbor’s door to touch base, ask about their move, and offer help if needed.
Hello and welcome to Daily English. Sometimes we don’t need a long meeting or a long conversation — we just need a short check-in to make sure everything is clear before we continue.
Today’s expression is something professionals and fluent English speakers use all the time for that.
The Expression is “touch base” One more time: “touch base.”
Listen to this: Before starting the project, she sent her colleague a short message and said,
“Let’s touch base later today to make sure we’re aligned.”She didn’t ask for a long meeting.
She just wanted a quick update.
What do you think “touch base” means here? To “touch base” means to briefly contact or check in with someone — usually to get an update or confirm that you understand each other.
It’s usually short, friendly, and practical. Let’s check more examples:
Before announcing important changes to her team, she told her assistant: “Let’s touch base later today — I’d like to prepare the message carefully.”
Because of different time zones, they didn’t schedule meetings often. So once a month, they just touched base via voice note to stay connected on shared projects.
He didn’t plan a long visit. He just stopped by his neighbor’s door to touch base, ask about their move, and offer help if needed.
The expression comes from baseball, where players must touch a base to be safe.
So in conversation, when we “touch base,” we’re making sure everything is safe, clear, and aligned before continuing.
Now your question: When was the last time you needed to quickly “touch base” with someone before moving forward? Thanks for listening, and please don’t miss our beautiful weekend episodes